Fellow hawk-watchers called & texted me today to let me know Pip was being watched as she stood on NYU housing at West 3rd Street (a block South of Washington Square Park) and at West 3rd and Greene. Nice spotting, guys! I took today off to attend to things I'd been postponing because of all my Pipping during the week. :)

This hawk was either Bobby or Pip as they were the ones seen around Washington Square Park the morning of July 30. This hawk was hovering above a building between Broadway and Lafayette Street. The sound in the background was a large construction garbage truck with its engine on.

I spotted Pip and Bobby on the East and South side of Washington Square Park this morning after receiving a tip that the hawks were at the park by a fellow hawk-watcher. The first hawk I saw was Bobby as he flew above me as I stood on the corner of West Fourth Street and Mercer Street. He was headed in the direction of the park from the East.

As Bobby approached the top of a neighboring building, Pip entered the scene, passing underneath Bobby and crying as she flew from Northeast to Southwest.

Pip continues traveling Southwest of the park:

Pip continued to fly Southwest. Bobby turned around from his northern flight path and flew toward her direction. He stopped to land on a neighboring building as she continued onward.

It was a good day of hawk watching today. Bobby was gorgeous in hunting mode in Washington Square Park. I was lucky to spot him as he flew from one tree to another since I was alone at first and had I been looking in the other direction for just two seconds, I could have missed him entirely. Soon enough, a couple more hawk-watchers arrived and we made a fine, albeit small, band.

Bobby successfully caught a mouse from a bed of wildflowers. Within a couple of minutes of hopping from yet another tree to tree with his kill, he flew almost directly over my head with his catch in his talons. I did not have the chance to record this flight but experiencing it personally was amazing. He flew low and silent and was wholly awe-inspiring. He landed on a small building across the street from where I was standing along the north side of Washington Square Park.

It was at this point when we lost sight of him. A few of us scattered about so we could traverse more ground and improve our chances of finding him or another hawk. No such luck so a friend and I walked north up 5th Avenue and toward Union Square Park to try our luck there.

My friend and I reached the outskirts of Union Square Park and well, well, well.. who do we have here?

My friend spotted this hawk sitting on top of the Union Square W hotel from the opposite side of the park. He earned his Hawk Eyes for the evening. The lighting was a bit poor but I tend to believe it was Bobby who deftly made the short jaunt to this other park. I suppose it doesn't really matter since it was just such a treat to spend some time watching it.

Within several minutes the hotel signage lights turned on:

Whoever you are, you can't catch a break from a harassing bird no matter how high you sit!

Before taking flight, the hawk obviously spotted something in the distance and rushed toward it.

Off you go:

At this point, it was too dark to film or photograph so I made my way home (being sure to scan the sky and buildings just in case of another sighting).

Five of us Pipsters were at Union Square Park last night beginning at 6:30pm. We scanned the park, the surrounding buildings, and the sky in all directions but with no hawk sightings. A couple of us walked down to Washington Square Park to see if they were in their old haunt but didn't find them there or in the surrounding area either. We all, in our separate parks, looked until it got quite dark. At this point, the hawks could be on any block within this new hunting/flying radius. Take heart, we'll try again tonight. :)

It was dark and cloudy by the time I got to Union Square Park to look for the red-tailed hawk family which explains the low lighting in this video. Here is Pip as she takes a flying hop from one building top perch to the next.

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